Strategy Portfolio Governance Lead

The Portfolio Manager position exists to own the process by which strategy is developed, scored, and governed across the portfolio of constituent-facing programs and initiatives. This role does not own the content of individual program strategies; instead, it designs, operates, and continuously improves the systems, frameworks, and decision rights (including scoring models and veto authority) that ensure proposed strategies are rigorously evaluated, aligned with Focus on the Family’s mission and priorities, and advanced or declined through a transparent, consistent process.

Working in partnership with ministry stakeholders, the ePMO, and cross-functional teams, the Portfolio Manager safeguards portfolio integrity and stewardship of organizational resources.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

Strategy Development Process Ownership:

• Designs, documents, and continuously improves the end-to-end process by which strategy for constituent-facing programs and initiatives is developed, reviewed, and decided.

• Facilitates strategy-development workshops and intake processes so that ministry and executive stakeholders can propose strategy within a clear, consistent framework.

• Ensures the strategy process remains aligned with Focus on the Family’s mission, guiding pillars, and organizational priorities while remaining efficient and well-understood across the organization.

• Maintains visibility of the full portfolio of constituent-facing programs, their interdependencies, and the status of strategy proposals moving through the process.

Scoring Systems, Prioritization & Veto Authority:

• Develops, maintains, and applies consistent scoring frameworks that evaluate proposed strategies and initiatives (impact, strategic alignment, feasibility, resource requirements, risk, and other defined criteria).

• Operates the systems and decision forums through which scored proposals are prioritized, advanced, deferred, or declined.

• Exercises and stewards formal veto or gate-keeping authority over strategies and initiatives that do not meet established thresholds or portfolio criteria, ensuring decisions are transparent, documented, and consistent.

• Conducts scenario modeling and what-if analyses to support investment decisions, resource allocation, and trade-off discussions; present recommendations and trade-off analyses to leadership and the ePMO.

Workflow, Governance & Process Management:

• Designs, documents, and continuously improves cross-functional workflows and stage-gate processes that support the portfolio lifecycle (ideation ® research ® scoring/prioritization ® decision ® development/launch ® distribution ® performance management).

• Partners with the ePMO and operational teams to ensure governance processes are efficient, scalable, and consistently applied.

• Facilitates effective handoffs and collaboration between strategy proposers, content/creative, technology, marketing, distribution, and performance teams within the governed process.

Performance Management of the Portfolio System:

• Defines success metrics and KPIs for the strategy process and portfolio system itself (throughput, decision quality, cycle time, alignment adherence, resource stewardship, etc.) as well as for programs once they are approved and launched.

• Establishes ongoing monitoring, reporting, and review cadences for both process health and portfolio performance.

• Leads post-decision and post-launch analysis; identifies opportunities to improve the scoring systems, decision processes, or downstream execution; drives data-informed enhancements to the governance system.

Technology & AI Enablement of Process & Scoring Systems:

• Maintains a working understanding of relevant technologies and AI capabilities that can enhance research synthesis, scoring, prioritization,…